Tulsa mask requirement: City legal department to draft ordinance for consideration

Tulsa mask requirement: City legal department to draft ordinance for consideration

IS CONSIDERING A MASKORDINANCE.

THE MAYOR POSTEDON FACEBOOK..

DOCTOR BRUCEDART RECOMMENDS REQUIRINGMASKS TO SLOW THE SPREAD OFTHE VIRUS... AND CITYLAWYERS ARE DRAFTING ANORDINANCE TO BE VOTED ON BYTHE CITY COUNCIL.

2 WORKSFOR YOU'S KATIE KELEHERTELLS US WHEN THIS COULD GOINTO EFFECT.THIS REALLY WASN'TUNEXPECTED.

BOTH MAYORBYNUM AND DR. BRUCE DARTwith the Tulsa HealthDepartment TALKED ABOUT THEPOSSIBILITY OF AN ORDINANCEAT THEIR PRESS CONFERENCETHIS PAST WEDNESDAY.

NOW -MASKS COULD BE MANDATORYNEXT WEEK.THE TULSA CITY COUNCIL WILLVOTE ON THE ORDINANCE AT ITSNEXT MEETING ON WEDNESDAY.THERE ARE NINE COUNCILORS -AND AT LEAST FIVE WILL HAVETO VOTE YES FOR IT TO BEAPPROVED.

MAYOR BYNUMPREVIOUSLY SAID HE WILL NOTPUT A MASK MANDATE IN PLACEUNLESS IT'S ABSOLUTELYNECESSARY.HE'S NOW SAYING IT IS.MEANWHILE - IN A PRESSCONFERENCE YESTERDAY -GOVERNOR KEVIN STITT SAYINGHE'S GOING TO LEAVE THE MASKMANDATES UP TO CITIES.

BUTSTILL ENCOURAGES CITIZENSWEAR ONE."I'm going to protect thefreedoms in Oklahoma.

We'renot going to mandate in thestate of Oklahoma.

And we'renot going to be mask shamerseither."WE REACHED OUT TO THE TULSAHEALTH DEPARTMENT TO SPEAKWITH DR. DART.

He SENT US ASTATEMENT SAYING: "TODAY,TULSA COUNTY REACHED ARECORD HIGH IN 7-DAY ROLLINGAVERAGES.

.HOSPITALIZATIONSAMONG TULSA COUNTY RESIDENTSHAVE BEEN INCREASING ASWELL.

WITHOUT FURTHEREFFORTS, WE WILL NOT SEE ASUSTAINED DECREASE INDISEASE TRANSMISSION."MAYOR BYNUM SAYS THEORDINANCE WILL BE AVAILABLEFOR THE PUBLIC TO VIEW EARLYNEXT WEEK.

TO SEE HIS ANDDR. DART'S FULL STATEMENTS -AS WELL AS A LIST OF CITYCOUNCILORS WHO WILL BEVOTING - VISIT OUR WEBSITEKJRH DOT COM AND OUR 2 WORKSFOR YOU APP.

IN TULSA, KATIEKELEHER, 2 WORKS FOR YOU